Toy.



I. WEISS.

TOY.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31,1913.

y rT/l//S W1 TNESSES Allume/ys UNITED STATES JOSEPH WEISS, o

PaTaTrT oracion.

F Bisou, KAN-sas.

ITOY.

appucation :nea Julyfai,

2-19 all whom itmdy-opgwegn' Beit known-thatA-L"-JOsPnWExss, a citi- -znof' the United" States-,residing at Bison, the county otk-@Bland`-tatefof Kansas, leave' invented certai-'in'ewand-useful Im- `movementsin Toys;- and 'Ido hereby declare the following to bed full,f clear, andexact,descriptionTofthe inventionfsuch aswill enable others skilled inthe 'atto "which it appe'ifta'insfto make and use'the'same.

Thisinventi-on relates to toys, and particularl 'to' that Aclassjof toyswhich are adapte ,tobev operated by the action of the Wind. Y Y g. One-of thev princi alobjects of my"in vention isto provi e a. toy ofthis-class which will allord amusement to .its user, ,and which may beusedas .an advertising device.

'.A further -object of -my invention is to provide a toyv of the classAspecified, which ,will be simple, durable, eicient in i'operation, andvinexpensive' to' manufacture.

',These and other objects maybe attained by means of my inventiomfwhichconsists in v the construction, combination and arrangement of partshereinafter more fullyl `described and claimed, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, in which like reference'characters indicate likeparts throughout the several views, and in which,

Figure l is a perspectivev view of a toy constructed- ,according to my'invention. Fig. 2, is a vertical transverse sectional view thereof. Fig.3, is Aa perspective view of the upper end of the vertical rod. Fig. 4,is a. fragmentary'vi'ew similarlto Fig. 1., and showing. a modificationof the device.-

In carrying out `the preferred embodiment 40 of my invention, l providea ligure 5, which may be constructed of wood or tin or other suitablematerial, and which is here shown asbeing in-the form of a soldier orguardsman, .painted to represent a uniform. EX-

k tending transversely through thebody of the ligurev at a' pointslightly rearivard of the medial line thereof, and at the shouldersofthe figure, is provided a metal .pin 6, which is rotatable within thebody and has 50 oppositely extendingarms 7, secured to its ends, saidarms beingslightly spaced from the shoulders of the ligure, by means ofVmetal.. washers 8. To the outer ends of the 'arms 7, are secured paddlesvor blades 9 and 10, the blade'9, being parallel with 'a planeWhchcuts'lthefigure vertically from front Specificaties 1t-LettersPatent.

Patented Jan'. 5, 1915. 191s. rename-'reame to rear thereof, and the'paddle-1Q being parallel withva plane which' cuts the gu-re'-vertically crosswise thereof,- it being appa.-- rent therefore that-.theblades or paddles are 6C set at,v right an les to each other.'A The bodyo the ligure is centrally and vertically bored, and inthe Alowenportion`:of the bore is positioned a vertical sli'aft'll.

which is formed at its lower fend ,with a flange 19., and a screw 13,.whereby theshaft may be secured to a bracket 14, or to some othersuitable'object. The outer portion of l.the vertical bone, is reducedand forms a v sho uildif`15,"at its junction with thelowerv portion ofthe bore, and .in the uppdr reducedA portion, is seated a secondvertical -shaft`16,wl}ich is smaller in diameter than the shaft 11,-and-*which maybe formed integrally therewith, or may4 have its lowerendsecured in a recesspin the upper end-of the shaft 11,' the lowervend'of-the shaft l'and the uppenend of the shaftfll, forming a shoulderat 17. -A metal washer 18, through which the shaft 16 extends, ispositioned inthe bore between the shoul e r15'thereof,` l

`and the shoulder 17, of the s aft l1,

or, may as shown', be provided with a circular rece-Ss Q0, adapted `tobe closed at its'up-4 per end by a cap 21, and-within which is containeda cup memberQQ, which is secured to the uppercnd of the shaftrl', andlwhich as shown, does not cont-act'at-any point with any portion of thewalls or bottom of the recess'QO, or with the cap\21`. The head of thefigure may be carved or painted to representa. face, and at the pointwherefthe eyes occur, apertures are made in the head, andthese-apertures areadapted to disclose painted pairs of eyes 23,' on thecup member At thelower ends -of the legs' Q4, of the ligure, a'. metalhorizontally disposed plate is'.securcd by means of 'nailsor screws 26,andthis Aplate is apertured 100 centrally to slidably receive theshaft'll.' .It .is of course to be understood that/the. pin G, isrotatable in the body of the figure, and that the body is rotatable` on'the shafts 11 and 16, the weight of the bodyoccuring 105 at the washer18, the bore throughjvhich' i' lsaid shafts extend, being of .suchadiamctr,

to allow rotation of the body with 'uslittl t friction as possible. Asvthe 'bodyl r'otatlps;A f l it is evident thatthe pairs of eyes 23 will11G be disclosed throughV the openings in .the head of the fgure..a'nd

AThe head 19, o f. the ligure may be hollow., A l

I with the peculiar antics of the toy, will pro-- `painted or printed'onthe the body of the figure.

duce a novel and amusing effect. 1f it is so desired, advertising mattermay be paddles 9, or on In Fig. 4, is shown a modification, wherein thevvertical bore terminates at the upper end of the shaft 11, the latterhaving its 'upper end rounded as at 27, and adapted to-bear against thesmooth head of a tack or nail 28, which is embedded in the body at theupper end of thev vertical bore,' thus forming a practically rictionlessbearing.

I ItA is to be understood that inthis'moditication, the shaft 16 andcupfmember 22, are dispensed with.

lhc parts of the device, it is to be understood, are so proportioned andarranged, es to place the center of gravity in the longitudinal axis ofthe vertical shaft 0n which theY body rotates. Should the figure beplaced in a draft of wind, th'e Wind acting on the paddles Qand 10, willcause the figure to rotate and the paddles to rotate with the pin 6, butit is to be understood that the action ofthe toy is not uniform, but isirregular, the gure turning firstin one direction, and

. then in the other, or perhaps turning in one direction for quite aWhile, the arms meantime assuming various angles and positions.

Although l have/described the preferred embodiments of my invention, Ireserveand may exercise the right to make such changes Iin theconstruction, combination' and arl rangement of parts, as do not departfrom the spirit of the' invention aixd thc'scope of i the appendedclaims.

Having thus fully' described my invention, what l claim as new anddesire to secure byl Letters-Patent is,

1. In a device of the class described, a body, a shaft ournaled therein,said body being rotatable on said shaft and being formed to represent ahuman figure, .and

having openings therein whereA the eyes should occur, a cup membersecured on said shaft and having eyes represented thereon, and meansAfor rotating said body, whereby the eyes will be disclosed through theopen-' ings in therhead of the body.

2. A device of the 'character'described, a body, a shaft journaled insaid body, an eye device vat' theY top of said shaft, apertures inthe-head of said body registering with said eye device,.a transverseshaft through JOSEPH 'Witnessesz C. WLCHADDQCK, i D. M. Ro'rHwErLen.

